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Researchers accused of unethical practices: Psychiatric patients “extremely vulnerable”
In 2003, psychiatric researchers at the University of Minnesota recruited a mentally ill young man, Dan Markingson, into a study on an antipsychotic drug. Months later, the patient violently committed suicide; multiple allegations of unethical practices ensued. -
SPRINT: The Systolic Blood Pressure Trial or ‘How Low Do You Go?’
Designed to see if lower blood pressures reduced the risk of blood pressure-related health outcomes, the NIH ended the SPRINT trial early and issued a news release that a lower blood pressure target significantly reduces cardiovascular complications in adults age 50 and older with high blood pressure.
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Ethical challenges in assessing adolescents’ decision-making capacity
An adolescent disagreeing with a parent over treatment is uncommon in the clinical setting. -
Could efforts to stop opioid abuse harm patient/physician relationship?
Due to a growing epidemic of opioid addiction, it’s possible that physicians will react to statements skeptically.
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Proposed changes on human subjects research raise some ethical concerns
Reduced administrative burdens and greater protection for human subjects are the goals of proposed revisions to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, also known as the Common Rule.
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Conflicts can result in clinicians’ moral distress
Ethical conflicts within a care team are not uncommon — nor are they particularly surprising.
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Significant Savings Come With Early Palliative Care
A new study says early intervention is the key.
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ED Push - October 2015 Second Issue
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Hospital Wards with Higher Antibiotic Prescribing Rates May Have Associated Increased CDI Risk
SYNOPSIS: A retrospective observational study found that among hospitalized patients, ward-level antibiotic prescribing was associated with a significantly increased risk for Clostridium difficile infection beyond what would be expected with patient-level antibiotic use.
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A tragedy of errors: Expert panel cites problems, lessons learned in death of U.S. Ebola patient
As with many individual tragedies and even major disasters, hindsight reveals key moments and near misses where a single action may have changed the outcome.